Carbon monoxide poisoning - A public health perspective

Toxicology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-14

  Raub, James A ^a   Mathieu Nolf, Monique ^b   Hampson, Neil B ^c   Thom, Stephen R ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Centre Anti Poisons   (France)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Carboxyhemoglobin; Health effects; Hyperbaric oxygen; Indoor; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0034616320     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-483X(99)00217-6     Document Type: Article

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